| Vintana Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | |
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| An artist's illustration of Vintana sertichi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Allotheria |
| clade: | Gondwanatheria |
| Family: | Sudamericidae |
| Genus: | †Vintana Krause et. al, 2014 |
| Species: | V. sertichi |
| Binomial name | |
| Vintana sertichi Krause et. al, 2014 | |
Vintana (from Malagasy vintana, meaning "luck") is a gondwanathere that lived in Madagascar during the Late Cretaceous period around 70-65 million years ago.
Description[]
It was a rather large sudamericid with large olfactory bulbs. This species represent another case of significant mammalian evolution throughout the Cretaceous, even with their coexistence with much larger dinosaur species.
References[]
- https://www.mindat.org/taxon-9338239.html
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2014.976129
- https://news.stonybrook.edu/newsroom/press-release/general/141106medianewscoverage/
- https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13922
- https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Cranium-of-the-Cretaceous-gondwanatherian-mammal-Vintana-sertichi-a-e-Holotypic_fig2_268228495 [Skull]
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